1963 Tulsa Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 74-66
Finished 3rd in the TL
Manager: Grover Resinger (74-66)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 200,557, Avg. 2,865
Playoffs - Tulsa Oilers 3 games, Austin Senators 0
Finals - Tulsa Oilers 3 games, San Antonio Bullets 1
The Tulsa Oilers of the Texas League ended the 1963 season with a record of 74 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the TL.
The Oilers plated 656 runs and yielded 635 runs. Jim Beauchamp walloped 31 home runs for Tulsa, while Harry Watts swatted 15 or more, too. Jim Beauchamp drove in 105 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .337 average. Gordie Richardson led the squad with 12 wins, and Tom Hilgendorf registered a 3.25 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Bud Bloomfield, Coco Laboy, Ray Washburn, Ed Spiezio, Jim Beauchamp, Cal Neeman, Chris Krug, Dick Hughes, Gordie Richardson, Larry Jaster, Bill Wakefield, Don Dennis, Tom Hilgendorf, Chuck Taylor, Bill Bethea, Dennis Aust, Gary Kolb and George Kernek were all players from the 1963 Tulsa Oilers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Grover Resinger served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordie Richardson | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.85 | 31 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 187.0 | 192 | 92 | 80 | 21 | 57 | 3 | 171 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Tom Hilgendorf | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.25 | 37 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 191.0 | 178 | 85 | 69 | 16 | 65 | 2 | 156 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Chuck Taylor | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.76 | 35 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 158.0 | 139 | 75 | 66 | 20 | 68 | 0 | 124 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Lou Vickery | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.00 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 99.0 | 100 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 27 | 4 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Jerry Wild | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.96 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 125.0 | 110 | 70 | 55 | 9 | 72 | 1 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Don Dennis | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.48 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 124.0 | 113 | 63 | 48 | 15 | 42 | 3 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Dennis Aust | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.48 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 106.0 | 91 | 51 | 41 | 9 | 34 | 2 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Clint Stark | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.48 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 29.0 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Larry Jaster | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.03 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 86 | 48 | 39 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Bill Wakefield | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.40 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 46 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Richard Mauldin | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.70 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harold Deitz | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.23 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 33 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jim McNamee | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Washburn | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.80 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Leroy Harris | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Otto Meischner | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Dick Hughes | 0 | 0 | 10.64 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Totals | 74 | 66 | .529 | 3.72 | 357 | 140 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 1234.0 | 1166 | 635 | 510 | 119 | 485 | 19 | 967 | 28 | 3 | 65 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Beauchamp | 137 | 579 | 514 | 95 | 173 | 35 | 10 | 31 | 105 | 21 | 10 | 49 | 113 | .337 | .403 | .625 | 1.027 | 321 | 10 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Joe Patterson | 131 | 551 | 466 | 92 | 130 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 54 | 12 | 79 | 109 | .279 | .387 | .376 | .762 | 175 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Harry Watts | 128 | 501 | 443 | 71 | 128 | 22 | 8 | 17 | 74 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 92 | .289 | .353 | .490 | .843 | 217 | 6 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Roy Majtyka | 124 | 483 | 445 | 64 | 125 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 57 | 10 | 2 | 25 | 53 | .281 | .320 | .387 | .707 | 172 | 2 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Bud Bloomfield | 131 | 435 | 392 | 47 | 102 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 60 | .260 | .325 | .344 | .669 | 135 | 7 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Elmer Lindsey | 122 | 459 | 401 | 42 | 93 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 46 | 73 | .232 | .314 | .317 | .631 | 127 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||
| George Kernek | 87 | 358 | 316 | 37 | 91 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 31 | .288 | .342 | .373 | .715 | 118 | 4 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Chris Krug | 101 | 378 | 344 | 38 | 77 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 76 | .224 | .283 | .346 | .629 | 119 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Gary Kolb | 61 | 254 | 214 | 42 | 68 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 34 | 39 | .318 | .417 | .481 | .899 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ed Spiezio | 64 | 248 | 230 | 36 | 61 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 36 | .265 | .313 | .491 | .804 | 113 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lamar Drummonds | 49 | 133 | 119 | 17 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 29 | .227 | .295 | .328 | .623 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Felix DeLeon | 31 | 110 | 85 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 36 | .271 | .427 | .459 | .886 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Marx | 34 | 99 | 89 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .225 | .274 | .270 | .543 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bill Bethea | 31 | 104 | 87 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | .218 | .320 | .241 | .561 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lou Vickery | 65 | 76 | 71 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | .225 | .253 | .366 | .620 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bill LeFebvre | 26 | 69 | 62 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .210 | .279 | .226 | .505 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Marty Beltran | 18 | 53 | 45 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | .244 | .358 | .422 | .781 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Taylor | 35 | 60 | 52 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .212 | .268 | .231 | .499 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Tom Hilgendorf | 43 | 74 | 68 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 34 | .147 | .171 | .250 | .421 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Richardson | 32 | 73 | 63 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25 | .143 | .239 | .159 | .398 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Jaster | 34 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .250 | .306 | .406 | .712 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Cal Neeman | 11 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .233 | .294 | .300 | .594 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Don Dennis | 48 | 36 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Aust | 27 | 33 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .174 | .321 | .174 | .495 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Coco Laboy | 7 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .214 | .200 | .214 | .414 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Smith | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .667 | 1.250 | 1.917 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clint Stark | 6 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Hughes | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Washburn | 11 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .083 | .154 | .167 | .321 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Wakefield | 24 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Wild | 32 | 41 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | .031 | .088 | .031 | .119 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Leroy Harris | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Mauldin | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim McNamee | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold Deitz | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Otto Meischner | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1699 | 5352 | 4724 | 656 | 1243 | 210 | 44 | 109 | 587 | 136 | 51 | 472 | 995 | .263 | .334 | .395 | .729 | 1868 | 0 | 46 | 80 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Kernek | 1B | 87 | 679 | 40 | 9 | 70 | .988 | 8.264 | ||||
| Jim Beauchamp | 1B | 44 | 318 | 33 | 8 | 32 | .978 | 7.977 | ||||
| Harry Watts | 1B | 14 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 8 | .984 | 4.286 | ||||
| Roy Majtyka | 2B | 87 | 197 | 226 | 18 | 59 | .959 | 4.862 | ||||
| Jerry Marx | 2B | 34 | 54 | 70 | 2 | 15 | .984 | 3.647 | ||||
| Harry Watts | 2B | 33 | 64 | 72 | 4 | 19 | .971 | 4.121 | ||||
| Ed Spiezio | 3B | 62 | 37 | 104 | 18 | 13 | .887 | 2.274 | ||||
| Gary Kolb | 3B | 42 | 33 | 82 | 10 | 11 | .920 | 2.738 | ||||
| Roy Majtyka | 3B | 34 | 16 | 33 | 4 | 1 | .925 | 1.441 | ||||
| Harry Watts | 3B | 29 | 22 | 31 | 6 | 9 | .898 | 1.828 | ||||
| Bud Bloomfield | 3B | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 1.273 | ||||
| Chris Krug | C | 96 | 670 | 74 | 12 | 11 | .984 | 7.750 | 15 | |||
| Lamar Drummonds | C | 21 | 104 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .991 | 5.238 | 7 | |||
| Bill LeFebvre | C | 19 | 96 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 5.474 | 3 | |||
| Gary Kolb | C | 10 | 63 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .958 | 6.900 | 3 | |||
| Joe Patterson | OF | 123 | 224 | 4 | 8 | 1 | .966 | 1.854 | ||||
| Elmer Lindsey | OF | 122 | 267 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .979 | 2.262 | ||||
| Jim Beauchamp | OF | 97 | 139 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .972 | 1.443 | ||||
| Harry Watts | OF | 57 | 84 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .978 | 1.596 | ||||
| Felix DeLeon | OF | 27 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.074 | ||||
| Gary Kolb | OF | 13 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
| Lamar Drummonds | OF | 12 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Don Dennis | P | 48 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .542 | ||||
| Lou Vickery | P | 41 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .958 | .561 | ||||
| Tom Hilgendorf | P | 37 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 3 | .923 | .973 | ||||
| Chuck Taylor | P | 35 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 0 | .921 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jerry Wild | P | 32 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .958 | .719 | ||||
| Gordie Richardson | P | 31 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 3 | .975 | 1.258 | ||||
| Larry Jaster | P | 30 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .633 | ||||
| Dennis Aust | P | 27 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .875 | .778 | ||||
| Bill Wakefield | P | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Harold Deitz | P | 21 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .923 | .571 | ||||
| Bud Bloomfield | SS | 119 | 190 | 290 | 28 | 61 | .945 | 4.034 | ||||
| Bill Bethea | SS | 31 | 45 | 76 | 13 | 15 | .903 | 3.903 | ||||
| Roy Majtyka | SS | 13 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.154 | ||||
| Totals | 1563 | 3499 | 1369 | 175 | 347 | .965 | 3.115 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
